Vehicles

WAC 182-513-1350 (8) (b) states:

For an SSI-related client one automobile per household is excluded regardless of value if it is used for transportation of the eligible individual/couple.

For an SSI-related individual with a community spouse, the value of one automobile is excluded regardless of its use or value.

Vehicles not meeting the definition of automobile is a vehicle that has been junked or a vehicle that is used only as a recreational vehicle.

What this means is one vehicle is excluded for SSI-related programs if used for transportation. For institutional programs with a community spouse a vehicle is excluded regardless of it's use.

This does not mean there are two vehicle exclusions for institutional Medicaid.

Example #1

Single individual in a nursing home has a vehicle that is not being used to transport the individual. In this example the vehicle is not excluded as it is not used to transport the individual.

Example #2

Married individual in a nursing home. Community spouse cannot drive. The vehicle is still excluded because the value of one automobile is excluded regardless of use.

The exclusion for SSI-related individuals with a community spouse supersedes the exclusion for an SSI-related individual being transported described in WAC 182-512-0400 (2). You cannot get both exclusions. There is 1 vehicle exclusion for institutional SSI-related medical.